When and how we will publish

Each issue will be themed and the theme presented as a quote by a woman author/poet. We will provide as large a variety of quotes from our interests as we can.

Submissions will be accepted anonymously via Submittable – it is vital that poems are chosen for the words on the page rather than the poet who wrote them.

We will celebrate the broad church that is women’s poetry. We will not publish rant or words for their own sake.

We will invite guest editors to extend the appeal and sensibility of the journal to a wide range of women poets and readers. The guest editors will be able to shape the issue through their selection of themes, quotes and images.

Online publication

Online publication is great, but there are some limitations. The most important limitation for poetry is that we cannot do the same level of fine-grained page layout that is possible in print-on-paper publications. This is especially true if you are looking for unusual word spacing within a line.

The other issue that some poets find annoying is that the display will wrap whenever the screen size is too small to accommodate a long line. The maximum line length on our website is 84 characters.

If your work features significant visual design, this may not be the right journal for you.